Newton W. Gilbert Explained

Newton Whiting Gilbert
Term Start1:March 4, 1905
Term End1:November 6, 1906
Preceded1:James M. Robinson
Succeeded1:Clarence C. Gilhams
Office2:Philippine Secretary of Public Instruction
Term Start2:March 1, 1909
Term End2:December 1, 1913
Appointer2:William Cameron Forbes
Predecessor2:William Morgan Shuster
Successor2:Henderson S. Martin
Office3:Acting Governor-General of the Philippines
Term Start3:September 1, 1913
Term End3:October 6, 1913
Predecessor3:William Castle, Jr.
Successor3:Joseph Grew
Office4:Vice Governor-General of the Philippines
Term Start4:February 14, 1910
Term End4:November 30, 1913
Predecessor4:William Cameron Forbes
Successor4:Henderson S. Martin
Office5:25th Lieutenant Governor of Indiana
Term Start5:January 11, 1901
Term End5:January 14, 1905
Governor5:Winfield T. Durbin
Predecessor5:William S. Haggard
Successor5:Hugh Thomas Miller
State:Indiana
District:12th
Office6:Member of the Indiana Senate
Term6:1896-1900
Birth Date:May 24, 1862
Birth Place:Worthington, Ohio, U.S.
Death Date:July 5, 1939 (aged 77)
Death Place:Santa Ana, California, U.S.
Restingplace:Circle Hill Cemetery, Angola, Indiana
Party:Republican Party

Newton Whiting Gilbert (May 24, 1862 – July 5, 1939) was an American politician from Indiana.

Career

He was the 25th lieutenant governor of Indiana, a member of the Indiana State Senate, a representative in the United States House of Representatives, and an acting governor-general of the Philippines from September 1, 1913, to October 6, 1913.[1] He served on the Philippine Commission, the appointed upper house of the Philippine Legislature of the American colonial Insular Government of the Philippines.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gilbert.html Newton W. Gilbert